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Audiences rate it 22 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Ostracized at her posh new uptown school and shaken by the death of her beloved grandmother, a 10-year-old downtown girl finds an unlikely mentor in an irascible chess master, who uses the game to teach Max lessons in resilience, perseverance, and how to embrace inevitable change.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes40%
Audiences rate it 22 points higher than critics do.
35 audience votes
Key crew
- Evan OppenheimerDirector
- Evan OppenheimerScreenplay
Cast
- Ralph MacchioTom Kuftinec
- Janeane GarofaloSarah Kuftinec
- F. Murray AbrahamNorman Wallach
- Fatima PtacekIsabella Diaz
- Kimberly QuinnLaura Langer
- Rachel DratchAunt Diane
- Olympia DukakisYaya
- Tovah FeldshuhBlackstone Head of School
- Oona LaurenceBecky Langer
- Makenna BallardMax Kuftinec
- Fina StrazzaJez Kuftinec
- Gabriel RushJaden
Stills
Themes
chess